Candidate forum to be held in Bryson City

Several Republican candidates for the 11th Congressional District will participate in a Feb. 17 forum sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Republican Women.

The forum will be held at 7 p.m. at the Swain County Community Services Facility on Brendle Street in Bryson City across from Ingles and the State Employees Credit Union. The event will be preceded by a meet and greet with refreshments at 6 p.m. The candidates who have committed to attending are: Mark Meadows, Dan Eichenbaum, Jeff Hunt, Spence Campbell, Kenny West and Vance Patterson.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
.

Reading Room

So, Scout (Jean Louise) comes back home to Maycomb — where “everyone is either kin or almost kin”— at age 26 and after being “away” and living in New York City for several years. Sixteen years have gone by since we last heard from her in the pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Maycomb she comes home to isn’t the same Maycomb we know from the 1960 novel.

This Must Be the Place

For the better part of the last decade, my life during the summer was music festivals. From Maine to California, Michigan to Arkansas, I was there, in an endless crowd, cheering on the greatest musicians of our time. In those innumerable moments, I felt more alive, at home, and at peace, than anywhere else in the world.